mutton

     

Lamb, hogget, an mutton are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton.

Trivia about mutton

  • Harcho, a spicy soup from the Caucasus, is made from this meat that's older than lamb
  • Prince Charles has campaigned for a revival of this meat from an older sheep
  • From the Latin for "ram", it's the meat of an adult sheep
  • If that "spring lamb" you bought was really a 3-year-old animal, it should have been labeled this

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